X-Press Feeders extends methanol-fuelled container orders

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Source: X-Press Feeders

Eastaway, a member of the X-Press Feeders Group, is ordering six 1,250 teu container vessels from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding. The contract calls for deliveries between June 2025 and October 2026, and entails a version of the Sealion CV1250 class of boxship developed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and equipped with a two-stroke MAN B&W ME-LGIM engine capable of operating on methanol as well as conventional fuels.

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